The Edge -- Published Nov. 27, 2013

The Edge will focus on thanks in the days leading up to Thanksgiving. Here's a sampling of what local residents are grateful for this year:

The Edge will focus on thanks in the days leading up to Thanksgiving. Here's a sampling of what local residents are grateful for this year:

"I'm mainly thankful for God. He has blessed me even through the heart attack I had this year, the death of my baby sister in February, the death of my mom in May. This is the first Thanksgiving I will never celebrate with my mom, so I'm trying to figure out how to fill that void, but I'm thankful to be up walking, running, talking, moving, all of that, because I was hooked up for four days in the hospital this past July."

- Michael Lewis, 54, of Stockton, San Joaquin Delta College student and pastor

"I am thankful for the community that comes to our rescue every time we need them. Without the help of the community at large, we would not survive."

- Becky Knodt, executive director of the Emergency Food Bank and Family Services

"I am most thankful for my wide circle of family and friends and for their relative health, happiness and well-being."

- Simon Rowe, Brubeck Institute executive director

"Most importantly I'm thankful for the troops fighting. I know many of them - they are people who are close friends of mine. But I'm also thankful for another day that I live."